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#103 CDG Market Update: Are inventory levels back to the “new-normal”, Record levels of negative equity, VW drops a $5 Billion bombshell | Jessica Caldwell, Head of Insights at Edmunds

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Impact of Recent CDK Outages on the Car Industry

This chapter explores the challenges faced by the car industry in adjusting to manual processes post-CDK outages, with a focus on the struggles encountered by service departments due to constraints on service capacity. It delves into the post-disruption phase in auto industry software systems, highlighting improvements and ongoing issues, as well as the current inventory levels and disparities among automakers in inventory management. The discussion also considers the consequences of high inventory levels on incentives, margins, and the shortage of three to four-year-old cars in the market.

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